Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil

ABSTRACT Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Yargos Rodrigues Menezes, Alexandre Braga de Miranda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2022
Subjects:
virus
HIV
Death
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022
https://doaj.org/article/98f07eafc17a416bb0a2f47b27c8bb86
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Summary:ABSTRACT Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed to death in an immunosuppressed patient in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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